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FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 28 -- Avanex Corp., a developer of optical technology for fiber optic communic...
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 27 -- International Sematech (ISMT) announced it will form a new consortium dedi...
PHOENIX, Nov. 26 -- Teams of scientists from research organizations around the world competed to see...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 26 -- Osram Opto Semiconductors, maker of solid-state LED devices, announced ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 25 -- Pacific Nanotechnology Inc. (PNI) said it has developed atomic force...
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 25 -- The use of nanoscale sensors for chemical, biological, radiological and e...
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 25 -- Tetra Tech Inc., a provider of consulting, engineering and technical se...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 24 -- The global market for 10 Gb/s systems will achieve an estimated mar...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, Nov. 24 -- Sprint announced today it will cut 2000 jobs in its attempt to cut...
AUBURN, N.Y., Nov. 24 -- Schott Fostec, a subsidiary of Schott Corp., announced it is now Schott Nor...
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 24 -- The US House of Representatives gave final approval last week on a plan...
ARCHBALD, Pa., Nov. 24 -- Hill Air Force Base (AFB), in Ogden, Utah, awarded Lockheed Martin a $56 m...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 -- In June 2002, the world’s first photograph, Joseph Nicephore...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 21 -- Innovative Biosensors Inc., a developer of rapid diagnostic technologi...
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 21 -- The electronics, scientific product and semiconductor industries need to...
BEIJING, Nov. 21 -- The cooperation between telecommunication sectors of China and Israel has huge p...
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- Verizon Communications said about 10 percent of its total workforce -- double t...
HAWTHORNE, Calif., Nov. 20 -- OSI Systems Inc. announced it has completed its $1.5 million acquisiti...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 -- DMG Technologies, a manufacturer of optical subassemblies used in telecomm, ...
ITHACA, N.Y., Nov. 20 -- Six years ago, researchers at Cornell University built the world’s...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The US high-tech industry lost 540,000 jobs, dropping from 6.5 million to 6.0...
WOODBURY, N.Y., Nov. 19 -- Veeco Instruments Inc., a developer of products for nanoscale application...
PHOENIX, Nov. 19 -- National LambdaRail Inc. (NLR), a consortium of US research universities and pri...
CAMBRIDGE, Onatario, Nov. 18 -- Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (ATS) announced it has acquired a pe...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took this true color mosaic of Jupiter, the...
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 18 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced it will acquire Algotec Systems Ltd., a priv...
CHARLTON, Mass., Nov. 17 -- FiberCore Inc., a manufacturer of optical fiber and preform for the tele...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 17 -- An alliance between State University of New York’s Binghamton...
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 14 -- Scientists studying the way light interacts with metallic nanostructures ...
CHICAGO, Nov. 14 -- Energy savings from solid-state lighting -- light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and org...
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 14 -- Worldwide Ethernet switch port shipments totaled 43.5 million units in t...
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 13 -- More than 75 percent of North American telecommunications executives conside...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Tiny nanoparticles could be launched into tumors and heated up using near-inf...
XI’AN, China, Nov. 12 -- Construction of a "nano sci-tech industrial park" has begun in...
LONDON, Nov. 12 -- Scientists from around the world gathered in London last month to celebrate achi...
RESTON, Va. & PETACH-TIKVA, Israel, Nov. 12 -- Civcom Inc., a provider of solid-state optical switch...
WUHAN, China, Nov. 12 -- Enterprises are becoming less tolerant of network downtime and resulting fi...
GENEVA, Nov. 11 -- A United Nations-affiliated telecommunications group has approved two new standar...
ARGONNE, Ill., Nov. 11 -- A device originally developed for nuclear physics research may find applic...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 10 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced today it has been awarded a $9.3 millio...
RICHLAND, Wash., Nov. 10 -- In 1995, hundreds of Tokyo subway rescuers were exposed to the deadly ne...
HILO, Hawaii, Nov. 10 --   Astronomers from the University of Hawaii (UH) Institute for Astronomy ha...
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 10 -- Motorola Inc. announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire the as...
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Nov. 7 -- Aeroflex Inc., a maker of automated testing solutions and microelectroni...
CLEMSON, S.C., Nov. 7 -- Clemson University announced Wednesday it will invest $70 million in the Cl...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 7 -- Applied Imaging Corp. has announced the formation of a clinical resea...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 6 -- Lehigh University announced it will work with the state-funded Life Scie...
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 6 -- The US telecommunications industry needs to embrace different views, approac...
HAYWARD, Calif., & CHICAGO, Nov. 5 -- Glimmerglass, a supplier of transparent connectivity solutions...
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 5 -- Thermo Electron Corp., a Waltham-based supplier of laboratory instruments ...
ATLANTA, Nov. 5 -- A vision technology developed by the Georgia Institue of Technology (GaTech) will...
DENVER, Nov. 4 -- Commercial satellite imagery is being used before and after wildland and forest fi...
EAST SETAUKET, N.Y., Nov. 4 -- OmniCorder Technologies has been selected by the US Department of Def...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 4 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced it has completed the acquisition of Laser-P...
CORNING, N.Y. and YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. Nov. 4 -- Corning Inc. and IBM announced today they will co...
MURRAY HILL, N. J., Nov. 4 -- In what they call "an experimental tour de force," a team led by scien...
MUNICH, Germany, Nov. 4 -- Infineon Technologies announced today it has demonstrated the first 10 Gi...
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 3 -- The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) has ann...
LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 3 -- Spiricon has released a new camera selection guide for laser beam analyzers. ...
News Briefs
Pro-Lite Technology, a Milton Keynes, England, laser and photonics distributor, is offering the Cent...
Frederick Mullavey has been named director of quality at Janos Technology Inc., a Townshend, Vt.-bas...
Lumileds Lighting, a San Jose, Calif., maker of high-brightness LEDs, announced it has opened a sale...
John Posey has been named the new West Coast account executive for the Specialty Photonics Division ...
Schott Fostec, a subsidiary of Schott Corp., announced it is now Schott North America Inc., part of ...
Spectra-Physics announced that Jim Harrison, Phd, has joined the company as director of engineering ...
Cognex Corp., a supplier of machine vision systems and intelligent sensors, announced it has shipped...
Robin C. Stracey has been appointed president and COO at Applied Imaging Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif...
The Royal Microscopical Society announced it is launching its 2004 International Micrograph Competit...
iCAD Inc., a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) imaging technology for the detection of bre...
Donald Fraser, director of The Photonics Center at Boston University, where he is also a professor, ...
Micronic Laser Systems AB, a Swedish manufacturer of laser pattern generation equipment to the displ...
Rohwedder Pematech, a Radolfzell, Germany-based producer of automated test lines, handling modules a...
APA Optics announced it has begun production shipments of its SunUV personal ultraviolet (UV) monito...
Harvard University Professor George McClelland Whitesides is a recipient of the 19th annual Kyoto Pr...
Imaging Diagnostic Systems Inc. announced it has signed a collaborative agreement with the Rumbaugh-...
Biophan Technologies Inc., of Rochester, N.Y., announced it has entered into a joint development agr...
A free online database from the Greater Zurich Area Inc., an economic development agency, features 6...
Spiricon has released a new camera selection guide for laser beam analyzers. The guide includes info...
nLight Photonics Inc., a Vancouver, Wash.-based manufacturer of high-power laser diodes, announced i...
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